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CHOATE v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. G020621.

103 Cal.Rptr.2d 339 (2001)

86 Cal.App.4th 312

Shawn CHOATE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 17, 2001.

Review Denied March 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Beck, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Franscell, Strickland, Roberts, & Lawrence, Tracy Strickland and S. Frank Harrell, Santa Ana, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

CROSBY, J.

A lion produced a mouse. A seven-week jury trial in a lawsuit seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages resulted in a verdict that a single sheriffs deputy committed a civil rights violation, with an award of $3,380 in compensatory and $1,000 in punitive damages.

Plaintiffs sought almost $250,000 in attorney fees for achieving this victory, which was pyrrhic in every respect save the potential of the fee request. But...

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